Improvement in whisk-brooms



H. A. LEE.

, Improvement in Whisk Bfoo ms.

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HENRY A. LEE, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN F. LEE, JR, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN WHlSK-BROOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,355, dated March 5,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ALPHEUS LEE, of 85 Murray street, New Yorkcity, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whisk-Brushesor Brooms, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the handle portion of a whisk-brush or broom. Sofar as my knowledge extends such brushes heretofore usually have beenconstructed in one of three ways. First, with a wooden handle, to whichthe neck of the broom was united by wire, the straw extending up thehandle a distance sutticient merely to secure the straws to the handle.Second, with a core enveloped by wire to bind the straw to the handle,the straw extending the entire length of the handle. Third, a corecovered by cloth or other fibrous or flexible material and wrapped withthe binding-wire. These plans have all proved unsatisfactory inpractice, owing to the rusting and slipping of the wire, the wearing ofthe flexible fibrous material, and the roughness of the handle.

The objects of my invention are to obviate these objections, and toprovide a neat, orna mental, cheap, and durable handle. My inventionconsists: First, in a metal casing to cover the handle of a broom.Second, in combining with a broom-handle, a cap covered with cloth orother fibrous material.

The accompanying drawingreprcsents a view in elevation of so much of awhisk-broom embodying my improvements as is necessary to illustrate myinvention, the sleeve or casing being shown in section.

The corn-straws A are shown as secured to the handle or core B by wire 0in the ordinary manner. The straws and wire may, however, extend thewhole length of the stock instead of part way only, as in the drawing. Acap, D, covers the neck of the broom to protect the binding-wire. Thebroom thus far described was patented to me October 10, 1871, and mypresent application constitutes animprovement on that patent. The coreor handle of the broom is inclosed in a sleeve or casing E, in thisinstance spun up out of sheet metal and extendin g the entire length ofthe handle. This sleeve may be made plain, if desired but I prefer thecorrugated form shown in the drawing, as it gives a neater finish to thebroom and aifords a firmer grasp to the hand. The corrugations,

however, may be longitudinal, circumferential,

or spiral, if preferred. The casing may extend the entire length of thehandle, as shown, or only part way thereof. It may likewise be made inone piece with the flange or collar,

,or in sections separate from the handle and from each other, the latterconstruction being cheaper to manufacture, and equally effective. Thecasing may be secured to the core by any well-known means. I prefer tocover the end of the handle with a cap, F, covered with cloth or otherequivalent material, and to fasten this cap or button to the handle by ascrewor nail, which may have a hook or ring on its head, as

this mode of construction gives a handsome linish to the broom, and is acheap and excellent way of making it. Buttons are old, and cloth covershave been used for covering the ends of brush-handles but the two haveto my knowledge never before been combined. The cloth alone is difficultto apply and soon becomes loose; but by combining the two I am enabledto apply the cap securely and cheaply.

I claim as my invention 1. A metal casing for whisk-broom handles,constructed substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the broom, flanged collar, and easing,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the handle, casing, and cap, substantially as setforth.

4. A cloth-covered metal cap, constructed and applied to a whisk-broomhandle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereuntosubscribed my name.

HENRY A. LEE.

Witnesses:

Jon I. PEYTON, Enwn. O. Davmsow.

